India

AAP follower claims to have rigged Yashwant Deshmukh's Twitter poll; C-Voter chief calls out his bluff

The AAP follower had claimed that he changed codes on the HTML page and fudged the results of the poll on allegations of EVM tampering started by Deshmukh on Twitter.

May 9, 2017

Delhi: ACB files 3 FIRs in connection with PWD scam, issues show-cause notice to Aam Aadmi Party

The Income Tax Department has already initiated a probe against AAP and issued a show-cause notice. The party has been told to reply to the show-cause notice by May 16.

May 9, 2017

Rights of Muslim women cannot be violated in name of 'Personal Law': Allahabad High Court

"A Muslim husband cannot give divorce in a manner which would put a question mark on equal rights," the court said on Tuesday, reacting strongly against the practice of 'triple talaq.'

May 9, 2017

Delhi Assembly special session: Here's why 'EVM-tampering' demonstration by Saurabh Bharadwaj may be a sham

Saurabh Bharadwaj demonstrated in the Delhi Assembly how an "EVM-like" device can be hacked or tampered with, but we are having trouble believing it. Read to know more.

May 9, 2017

France presidential elections 2017: What Rahul Gandhis & Arvind Kejriwals can learn from Emmanuel Macron

Macron made it possible to successfully resist the far right and hyper-nationalists in the latest French polls. What is it that leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and the Left can learn from him in India?

May 9, 2017

BSF apprehends 4 Bangladeshi nationals carrying US $203,100 from Srimantapur in Tripura

The BSF in Tripura on Tuesday apprehended four Bangladesh nationals carrying illegal currency at the Land Customs Station in Srimantapur, located about 45 km from state capital Agartala.

May 9, 2017

Qantas Airways chief Alan Joyce slammed with a pie in face; his response was epic!

Joyce's face was smeared in the cream pie by an old man from behind. Read how the Qantas chief reacted to the incident.

May 9, 2017

EPFO goes the e-way: All PF payments will now be made electronically

The Labour Ministry has amended PF rules, getting the EPFO to make all payments through digital or online transactions. Read to know more.

May 9, 2017

Kapil Mishra threatens to go on hunger strike from Wednesday if AAP leaders don't release details of foreign trips

Kapil Mishra, who was suspended from the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday, levelled new allegations against several party leaders on Tuesday accusing them of using "illegal money" to travel abroad.

May 9, 2017

At 'war' with self; has India forgotten unity in diversity?

National integration appears to have gone for a toss: Why doesn't Indian media make programmes like 'Bharat Ek Khoj' or 'Surabhi' anymore? Has army become the default institution of nation-building today?

May 9, 2017

Delhi Assembly special session updates: AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj demonstrates 'EVM-like' device

The Delhi Assembly sees a stormy special session called by Arvind Kejriwal in view of the corruption and bribery charges against him and Satyendra Jain.

May 9, 2017

AAP crisis: Kejriwal summons special session of Delhi assembly, Kapil Mishra lodges complaints with CBI

Mishra, who was suspended from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday, has alleged that Kejriwal took a sum of Rs 2 crore in cash from cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain.

May 9, 2017

Shashi Tharoor denies TV report on Sunanda Pushkar's death, calls it 'misrepresentations and lies'

The reports appearing on a television claimed Sunanda's body was moved from one place to another at Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi.

May 9, 2017

China proposes 4-point initiative to resolve differences, improve relations with India

The four-point initiative includes aligning its 'One Belt One Road' project with India's 'Act East Policy' and also begin fresh negotiations on a free trade pact.

May 8, 2017

Kapil Mishra suspended from Aam Aadmi Party over corruption allegations against Kejriwal

At a press conference on Monday evening, Kapil Mishra had challenged the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) to sack him from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

May 8, 2017